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Massachusetts & Rhode Island make history with largest offshore wind projects yet

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Photo: Worldview Films via Vineyard Wind 1 Massachusetts and Rhode Island have selected 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power in the region’s first-ever coordinated procurement. This wind power will bring clean energy to over 1.4 The economic ripple effects of these projects will be massive.

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Enel enters public transit electrification market in US; partners with MassCEC for electric bus fleet

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Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Phase 1 FLECCS projects are: GE Global Research. 8 Rivers Capital. 8 Rivers Capital.

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Secretary Salazar Approves Cape Wind Energy Project; First US Windfarm on Outer Continental Shelf

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the Cape Wind renewable energy project on federal submerged lands in Nantucket Sound, but will require the developer of the $1 billion wind farm to agree to additional binding measures to minimize the potential adverse impacts of construction and operation of the facility.

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US power grid boosts capacity by 20.2 GW in the first half of 2024

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gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity. Wind and nuclear power make their mark. Wind power also had a strong showing, adding 2.5 Texas once again led the way with the Canyon Wind (309 MW) and Goodnight (266 MW) wind farms. GW) and natural gas (1.1 GW, or 12%, of the new capacity.

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These 10 U.S. states have the most battery storage capacity installed

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GW (3,167 MW) installed, while Arizona, Florida, and Massachusetts are next in the lineup. battery storage capacity has been increasing since 2021, and if the aforementioned goal is achieved, the country will have more energy storage than petroleum liquids, geothermal, wood and wood waste, or landfill gas by the end of this year.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).